Apr 12-18, 2017
Pro Snowboarder Turned Brain Trainer, Kevin Pearce Rises Again; Vermont AG and Team Push Progressive Agenda; Decades Later, Bosnian Women Reflect on Resettlement
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Kevin Pearce, Former Pro Snowboarder and TBI Survivor, Rises Again
Throughout his professional snowboarding career, Kevin Pearce “chased the powder” around the world, showing off gravity-defying maneuvers that carried him to the pinnacle of his…
Obituary: Ruth Conklin Hummel, 1916-2017
Ruth Hummel passed away on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at Anthony Myrick’s Community Care Home in Bristol attended by her daughter Sylvia and son Karl….
Obituary: Gerard Paul “Jed” Guertin Jr., 1943-2017
Gerard Paul “Jed” Guertin Jr. passed away at home on March 30, 2017. He was born in Springfield, VT, on January 12, 1943, the son…
The Parmelee Post: Pedestrians Warned That Repaved Burlington Bike Path Is Harder to Block
The excitement surrounding a recently repaved portion of the Burlington Bike Path has come with a warning from city officials: The improved path is slightly…
Ask Athena: Why Am I ‘Going Soft’ During Sex?
Dear Athena, Lately when I am having sex with my girlfriend, I get soft all of the sudden. What’s up with that? This never happened…
Book Review: ‘My Darling Detective’ by Howard Norman
A glance at the cover of My Darling Detective — featuring a fetching redhead with an exposed garter belt — might lead readers to wonder…
Movie Review: ‘Going in Style’ Suggests Geezer Movies Are Getting Old
First, this remake has been directed by Zach Braff (Garden State) without an iota of style. And second, it goes nowhere. At least nowhere that…
Evan Premo Sets to Music Poems by David Budbill
When Wolcott poet David Budbill died on September 25, 2016, a New York Times obituary remembered him as a poet “who celebrated simple pleasures and…
Movie Review: In ‘T2 Trainspotting,’ the Antics Feel a Bit More Antiquated
The belated sequel to the Scottish hit Trainspotting (1996) is a different kind of geezers-on-a-caper film. That’s not to say its protagonists are elderly; two…
Ashes to Ashes: Smoking Bill Puts Senators in Bind
It was 44 degrees and threatening to rain last Friday as Sen. Peg Flory (R-Rutland) stood alone in a parking lot next to the Vermont…
Renowned Modernist House in Hardwick Is Up for Sale
You never know what you’ll find while driving along the back roads of rural Vermont. But perhaps the last thing you’d expect to stumble across…
Elsa Wheel, 90, Is Still a High Stepper
You might call 90-year-old dancer Elsa Wheel a late bloomer. Aside from the occasional World War II-era jitterbug as a young woman, she rarely set…
Inmates, Interrupted: UVM Brings Therapy to Federal Prisoners
Until he was caught — twice — Michael Foreste spent years ferrying prescription opiates from New York City to Vermont, where he sold them for…
Electronic R&B Artist Anna Wise Destroys the Status Quo
Anna Wise believes the time for silence is over. The Brooklyn-based electronic R&B artist no longer wears headphones while riding the subway, so that she…
Soundbites: On the Hunt
My goodness. What a glorious way to start the week. I’m referring to the past Monday’s summer weather preview, of course. The warm breeze and…
Border Hassles Keep Would-Be Tourists — and Loonies — in Canada
The Homeport store on Burlington’s Church Street Marketplace employs several French speakers to offer friendly assistance to customers from Québec, but these days they don’t…
Why Is the Lord’s Prayer Inscribed on a Rock in Bristol?
Vermont is full of rocks: glacial rocks stubbornly thrusting up in fields; smooth, white-scarred lake stones; and, of course, verdant, boulder-laden mountains. One Seven Days…
Free Will Astrology (4/12/17)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Before visiting Sicily for the first time, American poet Billy Collins learned to speak Italian. In his poem “By a Swimming…
Patchwork Farm & Bakery Makes Matzo for Everyday
On the day before Passover in 2011, Charlie Emers was rushing to get ready for his holiday dinner guests when he found himself staring at…
Second ‘Zig Zag Lit Mag’ Features Voices of Addison County
Last fall, a pair of Vergennes writers launched Zig Zag Lit Mag, a semiannual publication dedicated to lifting up the voices of Addison County writers….
New Director Tom Ayres Aims to Jazz Up the Chandler
Here’s a fun fact: Randolph, the Orange County town about an hour south of Burlington, is almost the exact geographical center of Vermont. And if…
Art Review: John Rose and Bruce MacDonald, Havoc Gallery
When metal artist Bruce MacDonald isn’t bringing his work to the six major art shows he visits around the country every year, he occasionally finds…
The AG’s Entourage: New Deputies Push Donovan’s Agenda
T.J. Donovan, Vermont’s Democratic attorney general, couldn’t help but take control last month at a Statehouse ceremony to sign a new law limiting President Donald…
Album Review: Fresh Greenes, ‘Town of Dreams’
(Self-released, CD, digital download) When we think of family bands, we generally think mostly of sibling acts. While certainly not unheard of, parent-child pairings tend…
Letters to the Editor (4/12/17)
Cruel View of Addiction I’m responding to the heartless letter written by Mark Szymanski [Feedback: “No Sympathy for Heroin Addicts,” March 29]. I join him…
Album Review: Ben Carr, ‘A River’s View of Sunrise’
(Self-released, digital download) Ben Carr is a Vermont musician who has settled on the unusual combination of ukulele and drums. He makes his living as…
How to Make Your Own Easter Candies
For some, the Easter holiday — which arrives this Sunday — means a particularly poignant church service and the end of 40 days’ worth of…
Bosnian Women Reflect on Resettlement
For as long as she can remember, Armina Medic has stood up to bullies, even if it meant she got beaten up. In her youth,…
ICE’s National Nerve Center Keeps a Low Profile in Lefty Vermont
The nondescript two-story brick building with tinted windows sits in a Williston business park, and a sign out front says only “188 Harvest Lane.” A…
Eat this Week, April 12 to 18, 2017: Green Garden Spirits
For its fourth annual spring-season kickoff party, Red Wagon Plants invites green thumbs and the greenhouse-curious on a sunset hoop-house wander. Peruse pansies, potted herbs…
Wild Roots Updates 200-Year-Old Tavern in Royalton
For almost 200 years, the Fox Stand Tavern was a White River Valley dining staple, but in recent years the business has opened and closed…
Honey Road to Replace Church & Main Restaurant
Back in January, Seven Days reported that Allison Gibson and Cara Chigazola-Tobin had plans to open an eastern Mediterranean restaurant called Honey Road in Burlington….
